1. Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Belfast City Hospital; Republic of Ireland.
2. Northern Ireland Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children; Republic of Ireland
3. Northern Ireland Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Belfast City Hospital Republic of Ireland
4. School of Biological and Life Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine; Republic of Ireland
5. Department of Microbiology, Kelvin Building, The Royal Group of Hospitals, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland;
6. Department of Microbiology, The Adelaide & Meath Hospitals, Tallaght, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
7. Department of Microbiology, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland